Good Books for Men

Books are one of the best gifts you could probably give. If you know a person enjoys a good read, you should give him literature that he will cherish. Men, generally, will love it when someone gives them something to read as a gift. Whether you are looking for a book for a friend, husband, father, brother, or son; the mentioned list will prove helpful.

The mentioned list contains classic books with different storylines, themes, and genres. So, if your man has a favorite genre of stories, the following list will help you choose one that he'll truly love.

By Franz Kafka
This is a very interesting story about a man who wakes up one morning only to find that he has been turned into an insect. This book has a philosophical overtone to it with an absolutely absurd fictional storyline. An unconventional read for an imaginative man.

By John Dos Passo
It consists of The 42nd Parallel (1930), 1919 (1932) and The Big Money (1936). It has fictional stories of 12 characters and details American society's historical development during the early decades of the 20th century. Politics, rational thinking, conscious and unconscious acts, etc., are the active ingredients of this fiery novel.

By Allen Drury
This is a political novel first published in the year 1959. If your man loves political thrillers, then this is a gripping novel that he will love to read.

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Only a genius would have been able to write such an intriguing plot. It revolves around brothers trying their best to live and survive in 19th century Russia. The novel was published in 1880 and till date is known as a masterpiece of literature. It is a philosophical novel that speaks about God, morality and free will.

By Jeffrey Archer
If your man is a genius when it comes to business deals, you should gift him this book. This novel, published in 1979, is about two men who were born on the same day. One is born in a wealthy, influential family and the other, in a poor family. The story revolves around them, their trials and tribulations and their business rivalry.

• A Sense of Where You Are by John McPhee
• The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
• Vanished by Joseph Finder
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
• Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
• The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy
• The Jury by Steve Martini
• Toxin by Robin Cook
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
• The Republic by Plato
• 1984 by George Orwell
• The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
• Ulysses by James Joyce

Books are to be enjoyed and cherished, and the ones mentioned here will prove to be a priceless gift for the special person in your life.